>I am getting ready to install my first packages (2) of bees this coming
>Saturday (I'm very excited and nervous).  I know that I need to feed
>them plenty of syrup until our first flow.  I am planning on just
>sitting a bucket of syrup on the inner cover with a super and top cover
>over it.  I plan to put some sticks or something in the bucket for the
>bees to land on.  I have heard of drilling a bunch of little holes in a
>bucket lid then inverting it, but I cant see any reason not to do what I
>previously described.  Could someone please tell me if my method will
>work or am I missing the boat completely?
>
>Thanks for your time
>A rookie in Utah
>Rett Thorpe
 
Your bees will drown.  Take the time to set up a boardman feeder and place
on the inner cover untill it warms up.  The bees will come up through the
finger hole and feed.  As soon as it does warm up and the bees are flying
set the feeder up at the front entrance.  If you don't want to use a
boardman feeder use a 1 gallon plastic baggie and fill it 3/4 full of
syrup.  Lay it flat on the inner cover and prick 50 holes in it with a pin
on the top side only. The bees will come up and feed.  No need to drown the
bees.
 
George & Lorraine Willy
The Village Inn of East Burke
Box 186
East Burke, Vermont
05832